''Bombus angustus'' is a species of
bumblebee
A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related gener ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
.
[Starr, C. K. (1992)]
The bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Taiwan.
''Bull. Nat. Museum Natural Science'', 3, 139-157.
It is the most common species used in bumblebee soup.
References
Bumblebees
Insects of Taiwan
Insects described in 1948
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